Apple smashed profit and revenue estimates in its latest quarter, sending its shares to a new high in after-hours trading — despite producing (for them) an ordinary three months’ worth of iPhone sales.

Despite that the world’s awaiting the soon-to-debut iPhone 8, Tim Cook’s tech juggernaut sold 41 million of its uber profitable smartphones in the period — 2 percent more than a year ago and just under the 41.1 million that Wall Street forecast.

On the strength of its quarterly profit and revenue, Apple shares soared 7 percent in extended trading, past $160.

VPN apps allow consumers to conceal their home addresses, but the Chinese government wants to see them licensed — and Apple said it complied.

But Cook disagreed with any comparisons to the US, where Apple fought the feds over a request to open a locked phone to help discover info that might help in identifying criminals in the 2015 San Bernardino terror attack.

“There are hundreds of VPNs on the app store … We’d rather not remove the apps but we follow the law, wherever we do business,” said Cook, Apple’s chief executive.

“It doesn’t mean we don’t state our point of view,” he added.

There was no visibility on Apple Music subscribers however. Investors had expected an update on customers after rival music streamer Spotify revealed it had 60 million paying subscribers.

Cook revealed there would be new content debuting on Apple Music in the coming weeks. “Video is still an area of great interest,” he said.

The Apple boss did reveal that the Cupertino, Calif., company has 185 million paying subscribers, including 20 million added in the last 90 days.